Andy Marx writes in to share a letter Daily Variety magazine sent to its subscribers, letting them know that it will soon be putting up a paywall, or as it prefers to call it, a “velvet rope”. The reason for the switch is simple: There has been a boom in showbiz coverage, but much of [...]
An anonymous reader writes “Over recent years Solid State Drives (SSDs) have moved from luxury to affordable additions to one’s PC, but mechanical hard drives are still king when it comes to capacity. That was until the revamped Colossus LT series Solid State Drive came along this week. With up to 1TB, the drive offers [...]
Finally, finally. Apple finally released MacBook Pros with Intel’s latest chips while updating nearly everything else, too. The just announced MBPs forgo the Core 2 Duo CPUs in favor of the faster and more efficient Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs — expect for the 13-inch line. The 15-inch now rocks a i5 or i7 [...]
With the coming of the iPhone and the beginning of the smartphone craze, feature phones took a back seat, and so did the chase for the best equipped handset out there. Yes, specifications still matter, but people are now a bit less concerned with how many megapixels your phone’s camera has, and a little more [...]
Once again, it’s a time of anticipation for Apple fans everywhere as the Apple Store is currently down. It can mean nothing, of course, but with all the MacBook Pro rumors that have been flying around lately, you never know. If the rumors were correct, we can expect an update for four MacBook Pro models; [...]
Realtime media sharing platform TweetPhoto this morning announced that it has raised $2.6 million in a Series A financing led by Canaan Partners, with additional investment from Anthem Venture Partners (one of the original backers of Android) and angel investors Tim Kelly (ex-Googler), Frank Asaro, Jack Corrao and Shane Brisbane. Also investing is Qualcomm, according [...]
theodp writes “It’s interesting to see that famed offshoring firm Infosys is now seeking U.S. patent protection for its Framework for Supporting Transition of One or More Applications of an Organization, which Infosys explains ‘relates generally to the field of outsourcing or offshoring of one or more applications of an organization.’ Prior to this invention, [...]
Several reader noted Google’s reported intention to open source the VP8 codec it acquired with On2 last February — as the FSF had urged. “HTML5 has the potential to capture the online video market from Flash by providing an open standard for web video — but only if everyone can agree on a codec. So [...]
Earlier this evening, we broke the news that Twitter was about to launch its new ad platform. The news has just been confirmed: moments ago, the New York Times published a report detailing the new platform, which is officially being called “Promoted Tweets”. Update: AdAge has published a report as well. Here are the details [...]
Tonight, Cisco-owned Flip has announced a new addition to the company’s highly popular line of web video-friendly cameras. The SlideHD features a slide-up touchscreen and new navigation. This model, which can record up to four hours of HD video at a time, will retail for around $279. The device features a 3-inch tilting LCD screen [...]
